Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit move // TTB Approved 180.6K Products L12M through September 2023

The government says EU rules banning low-alcohol wine being marketed as wine should be scrapped.

By Category: Beer: 40.2K products approved over the L12M (–4.8% vs. last year) and 9.2K over the L3M (–4.7% vs. last year) Spirits: 22.8K products approved over the L12M (flat vs. last year) and Wine: 117.7K products approved over the L12M (+5.8% vs. last year) and 30.3K over the L3M (+9.9% vs. last year).

Business of Drinks just launched a major, national study into the drinking preferences of Millennials and Gen Zs. Here, we reveal the results of that report, from how much these audiences spend on wine, to their evolving relationships with soft drinks, canned cocktails, and spirits.

The latest figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show that Australia’s apparent consumption of alcohol continues to trend downwards.

As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is there hope for the Northern Rockies?

In what is a large, yet unsurprising piece of news, the DOC Rioja council met on 16 October, 2023 and are recommending to the Spanish Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación that there be no new vine plantings allowed (ES) in the region for the years 2024, 2025, and 2026.

On January 1, 2024, wines and spirits sold in California will become subject to the state’s Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, or bottle bill. As the effective date draws near, wineries and distilleries selling in California need to prepare themselves for the new requirements.

China signaled possible progress on resolving a dispute with Australia on punitive wine tariffs as relations between the trading partners continues to thaw. Penfolds-maker Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. surged.

There are calls in Alsace for the creation of an IGP, and for the establishment of a premier cru quality marker. Conal Gregory reports on the latest developments, which are ruffling feathers in the French region.

Over the course of the 2023 growing season, northern Michigan vineyards experienced just about everything: days of drought and days of heavy rain; picture-perfect weather and days of wildfire haze; a warm, glorious September and a cold, windy October.

Extreme heat and heavy rain combined to keep Italy's yield low, but what there is should be mostly excellent. Read the latest wine news & features on wine-searcher

An auction held by US house Acker fell short of projections by about S$2 million, prompting some to ask whether the country's ultra-premium market is as robust as it once was.

The Hors Bordeaux campaign "failed to revitalise the market" when buyer sentiment was already dampened by a lacklustre en primeur campaign, fine wine investment firm Wine Cap have said.

Iowa grape growers give pest birds an alternative. But do sunflowers really work?

There are specific families of volatile compounds that are formed during initial grape overripening (with shrivelling/dehydration): furanones, lactones and other odorants too.

One day soon we'll talk about how to do better market research in wine. But for now here are more reasons to be wary of the stuff you're already being told.

The Virtual Wine Fair is a new service from Lawrence Francs that allows producers to use audio to describe the wines they send to wine buyers

To access key markets now, farmers have to prove they are reducing emissions, protecting biodiversity and saving energy and water, but finding the tech to report on all that has been difficult, until now.

Early on a hot, sunny morning in September, I’m nibbling ripe, juicy merlot grapes at the famed Masseto winery in Tuscany’s Bolgheri region as workers unload lush, purple berries.

When Diane Wilson was 12 years old, she made coq au vin for her family, inspired by watching the late Julia Child on “The French Chef.”

Future 40 Tastemaker Martha Cisneros Paja, founder of the Latinas Wine Club, shares how education and empowerment can open doors to a more inclusive wine industry.

Learn why several emerging U.S. wine regions having been making wine for centuries, yet are still considered brand new when it comes to consumer recognition

Penfolds’ Chinese project marks a bold new departure. Nick Ryan heads to the Himalayas for the launch of its first exciting release.

This review summarises how variations to maturation vessel material, size, and shape influence wine quality, specifically regarding oxygen permeation, thermal conductivity, and the release of exogenous compounds.

Are labeling requirements helping or harming?